At the end of words, the letter's written form changes to a Pe/Fe Sophit (Final Pe/Fe):

ף This does not alter the pronunciation.

When a word in modern Hebrew borrowed from another language ends in /p/, a pe with a dagesh at the end of the word is used instead of the final form, as a word almost never ends with a letter containing a Dagesh, except for very few biblical exceptions. A Pe sofit is virtually non-existent in Hebrew and is not used in standard Yiddish orthography.

The letter ﻑ is named ﻓﺎءfāʾ. It is written is several ways depending in its position in the word:

Position in word:

Isolated

Final

Medial

Initial

Glyph form:

ف‎

ـف‎

ـفـ‎

فـ‎

Normally, the letter ﻑfāʼ renders /f/ sound, but may also be used some names and loanwords where it can render /v/, might be arabized as /f/ in accordance to its spelling, e.g., يُونِيلِفِر (Unilever). It may be used interchangeably with the modified letter ﭪ - ve (with 3 dots above) in this case.

In the process of developing from Proto-Semitic, Proto-Semitic /p/became Arabic /f/, and this is reflected in the use of the letter representing /p/ in other Semitic languages for /f/ in Arabic.

In the Maghreb, the dot in fāʼ is written underneath (ڢ). Once the prevalent style, it is now only used in Maghribi countries for writing Qur'an, with the exception of Libya, which adopted the Mashriqi form (dot above).

The Maghrebi alphabet has taken the shape of fa’ (ﻑ) to mean qāf instead.